Horseshoe.



T. C. OCTIGAN.

HORSESHOE.

APrLmATIoN 111.1111 001.211.1911.

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HORSBSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.26, 1911.

Patented Ju1y16, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16,1912'.

Application filed October 26, 1911. Serial No. 656,935.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. GGTIGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horse shoes having a cushioned or padded tread and refers more specifically to an im proved means for fastening the tread on the shoe body.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings ,"Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a horse shoe embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the complete shoe. Fig. 3 is a sect-ion on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the shoe blank with the cushions or pads omitted, taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the same line showing the tread pad or cushion in place. Fig. 6 is a rear end view of the shoe before the metal blank has been oompressed'upon the cushion. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view, similar to Fig. 5, showing a modification. Fig. 8 is a cross section of the shoe body showing another modification.

As shown in the drawings 10 designates as a whole the curved body of.. the shoe, which is provided on'its lower surface and near its front end with two continuous flanges or calks 11, 12. These flanges are extended at the heel ends of the shoe and are spaced farther apart to constitute the walls 14, 15 of a pocket 16 to receive the heel blocks 17, 17 made of rubber or other suitable yielding material. The said walls 14 and 15 are curved inwardly toward each other and brought together at the rear ends of the heels. In practice the outer flange 12 and the outer walls 15 are made thicker than the inner flange 11.

The front end of the shoe is provided with the usual clip 18 to extend up over the front of the hoof of the animal, and the outer flange 11 at the front of the shoe is thickened as shown at 19 to constitute the thicker toe calk of the shoe. The shoe body is formed outside the outer flange 11, with nail holes 20, through which the nails extend to fasten the'shoe to the hoof of the animal. The channeled portion 21 of the shoe between the fianges or calks 11, 12 at the front part of the shoe is filled with a cushioned strip 22 made of some durable material, such for instance as a suitably treaded canvas or rubber.

My invention relates to the manner of confining the cushioned strip 22 and the heel blocks 17 in the channeled recess and pockets of the shoe.

In accordance with my invention the inner flange 12 of the fore part of the shoe is provided with a notch 25, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and the rear or heel ends of the shoe are provided at the points where the pocket fianges or walls 14 and 15 are curved together with other notches 26, 26. The opposed flanges 11, 12 and walls 14 and 15 of the shoe blank shown in Fig. 4 are disposed in substantially parallel relation to each other, except for the draw provided for the die, so that the cushioning strip 22 and the heel blocks may be readily inserted thereinto. The notches 25 and 26 at the front and rear parts of the shoe are provided to permit the inner flange or wall portions 12 and 14 to be readily forced inwardly, by the use of suitable dies or other convenient manipulation, toward and into thecushioning strip 22 and blocks 17; the provision of said notches permitting such displacement of the inner fianges without compressing or distorting the metal of the inner flanges or walls. Therefore but comparatively little power is required to press the fianges int-o their holding positions, and the finish given to the inner side of the shoe is smooth and uniform. The outer flange and walls may be likewise pressed into the cushioning strip and blocks, the metal of said flange and walls stretching to take the proper form. Said outer flanges and walls may be made in the first instance slightly inclined toward the channels and pockets of which they constitute the outer boundary, and the inner flange and walls inclined inwardly in parallel relation to the outer flange and walls, as indicated in Fig. 8. In this instance only the inner flange and walls need be pressed inwardly to confine the cushioning strips and blocks in place. In

either process of manufacture the iianges and walls of the nished shoe are shaped to constitute an undercut groove or pocket in Which the cushioning strip and blocks are l(orfined to iiXedly attach them to the shoe Tile heel blocks 17 are provided at their rear ends With lugs 28, which When said heel blocks are fitted in place in the pockets 16 extend into and through the notches 26 of the flanged Walls of said pockets, as shown in Fig. 6. When, therefore, the flanges or Walls are svvaged or formed in- Wardly to conne the heel blocks the said lugs 28 are pinched or clamped between the Walls of the not-ches, in the manner best shown in Fig. 2 to hold the heel blocks in place. The cushioning strip 22 may like- Wise be formed on its rear face at the front of the shoe with a lug 30, as shown in Fig. 7, Which is adapted to be fitted into and compressed by the closing of the notch 25 of the inner flange 12 and thereby constitute means for additionally holding the cushioning strip in place.

I claim as my invention 1. A horse shoe formed on its under side with a channel to receive a cushioning member, the Wall of the channel being notched to facilitate the sWaging of the Wall against a cushioning member, and a cushioning member filling said channel and formed With lugs which extend into said notches and are pinched therein by the compression of the Wall on said lugs.

2. A horse shoe having on its under side a channel to receive a cushioning member, one Wall of which channel is provided With a transverse notch to facilitate the sivaging or bending of said wall against said cushioning member, said shoe being provided at its heel end With pockets to receive parts of the cushioning member and the Walls of said pockets having notches to facilitate the sivaging of the Wall against said cushioning member, and said cushioning member being formed With lugs which extend into said notches and are pinched bet-Ween the Walls of same, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aiiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 19th day of October A. D. 1911.

THOMAS C. OCTIGAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM L. HALL, G. E. DOWLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

